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Opening for Winter Formal from Chicago and DSI Comedy from Chapel Hill.

Heckle Her announces the return of “HOOT!” Friday and Saturday April 29-30th, 10:30pm in Salvage Vanguard Theater’s Studio Theater. Heckle Her brings together favorite funny musicians and musical comedians for 2 nights of a late night musical comedy cabaret.

Each night features a different line-up of performers singing their silliest originals, covers, and parody songs, hosted by Muriel and Morty, the Menschy Mashups!

Southpaw Jones celebrates creative freedom and the freedom of a bare stage with a mostly solo performance in one of Austin’s most intimate, magical rooms. Southpaw has spent many hours on the Hyde Park Theatre stage as part of Spike Gillespie’s long-running Dick Monologues. (Spike has agreed to open the show and introduce Southpaw!) He started 2014 with surprise Frontera Fest success in a one-man short-form show that made it all the way to Best in Fest. He now returns to the Theatre to expand that original work with more original songs, more half-rehearsed monologues, and more personal experimentation. Prepare to laugh and cry spontaneously and perhaps even simultaneously.

This is also the unofficial and late album release celebration for Southpaw’s Domestic Love Canoe, a collection of 10 love songs, available now at most online music retailers. Download cards and other merchandise will be on sale the night of the show.

Covered off-street parking for the patrons of HPT is available in the lot at 4315 Guadalupe Street, just north of The Parlor. You can drive through The Parlor’s parking lot to reach it. Evening HPT parking also available at Kenneth’s Hair Salon, just south of HPT, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B.

Please be aware. I’m playing with my ol’ pal Matt the Electrician tomorrow night at Strange Brew in South Austin! It’s Matt’s last Thursday night before he goes on the road. That’s the bad news.

The good news is I’m babysitting 3 Thursday nights for him while he’s away. I’ll play July 4 with my pal and classy crooner Brian Kremer. On July 11, I’ll be joined by the fabulous Raina Rose, still in the glow of her new release, Caldera. Finally, on July 18, I’ll present a special solo performance. It all happens at Strange Brew, and it starts tomorrow night!

Doors open at 7. Featuring Danny Schmidt, Carrie Elkin, Sam Baker, Raina Rose, Southpaw Jones and Robert Steel. The guests of honor are Dave and Doug Duhon. They are big music supporters and own a hand-made furniture store business (www.allwoodcompany.com) in Lafayette, LA. On Thanksgiving day the building they started out in 20 years ago burned to the ground. We are celebrating that building and the many more great years to come in their new building. They have requested that all money from this show go to the musicians. $15 suggested donation.

The Bugle Boy wishes media to mention: “The Bugle Boy is a great weekend destination in the small Texas town of La Grange. Folks will drive from Houston, Austin, San Antonio and even Dallas to hear a performance in this room. It is a true listening room with fabulous acoustics where no talking is allowed during performances. ‘Respect for the performer and ticket holder sitting next to you is not an after thought at The Bugle Boy. It is our business model.’ Many folks have said, ‘This is the best listening room in Texas.’ Overnight accommodations and restaurants are listed at thebugleboy.org.

Matt the Electrician and Southpaw Jones celebrate 10 years of sharing stages and hauling too many instruments.

We are performing Saturday night at The Bugle Boy in La Grange, Texas. It’s a very cool venue we’ve played before separately but not as a duo. I’ll paste details below.

You may be thinking, “I don’t live anywhere near La Grange.” That depends on how you define “live” and “near,” I suppose. But don’t fret! We will be live-streaming our concert starting at 8p Central Time. Wherever you are in the world, you can attend the show! You can purchase online tickets for $3 any time the day of the show at www.concertwindow.com/thebugleboy. The show will not be taped, but you can watch it live in HD! Payment can be made using PayPal or a credit/debit card. This is a new and very cool service. You can be a part of the show AND the cutting edge of technology.

As always, I invite you to visit my Songs page, where I’ve added some new recordings to my giant table of songs. You can listen all day, over and over, free of charge.

The Bugle Boy wishes media to mention: “The Bugle Boy is a great weekend destination in the small Texas town of La Grange. Folks will drive from Houston, Austin, San Antonio and even Dallas to hear a performance in this room. It is a true listening room with fabulous acoustics where no talking is allowed during performances. ‘Respect for the performer and ticket holder sitting next to you is not an after thought at The Bugle Boy. It is our business model.’ Many folks have said, ‘This is the best listening room in Texas.’ Overnight accommodations and restaurants are listed at thebugleboy.org.

43rd Street a half-block east of Guadalupe. Evening parking is available at Kenneth’s Hair Salon, just south of the theater, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B.

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Members of the Dick Monologues cast and others join Spike Gillespie for a night of readings and miscellaneous goodness.

20×2 is an ongoing project that exists to showcase the creativity that lurks in each of us. Writers, musicians, filmmakers, web geeks and other bon vivants are asked to take two minutes each to answer the question of the day. The results can be as varied as the emotions and reactions they evoke.

20×2 is an ongoing project that exists to showcase the creativity that lurks in each of us. Writers, musicians, filmmakers, web geeks and other bon vivants are asked to take two minutes each to answer the question of the day. The results can be as varied as the emotions and reactions they evoke.

Since the first 20×2 at the South By Southwest interactive conference (SXSW) in 2001, 20×2 has grown to include an ever-expanding pantheon of participants. Show creator Kevin Newsum and collaborative partner Jeff Rider have helped provide the framework for each unique set of performances. Mike Stephens is your host, and Mark Couvillion is technical director. But the real kudos, of course, belong to the many people who have made 20×2 what it is…a reflection of that same dynamic originality that inspires each of us, brought together on one special night…and then repeated in spirit each time we get together.

My pal Robert Steel is releasing a great record called “The Calm Waters of Youth.” Celebrate with us! Here is Robert’s blurb:

“FREE SHOW! If you come to one show of mine the rest of the year, please make it this one! I am so excited to release my new CD out into the world and I am excited to be sharing the stage with Southpaw Jones. One of my favorite songwriters. I will be joined by a full band consisting of Andrew Pressman (upright bass), Adam Rader (electric guitar), Derek Hansen (drums). The Cactus Cafe is the premier listening room in Austin, no contest. It is also a very historic stage as many greats have graced it. I am proud of the work we did on this CD. I hope you can join us to celebrate the release of it out into the world.”

Each month a topic is picked from a real live encyclopedia and a clutch of volunteering writers are given assignments on that entry. There are Def Poetry Jam vets, writing professors, slam poets, stand-up comics, fiction writers. You’ll learn true things and some things that are less true!

From fivethingsaustin.com: Five Things inspires each of five brave (or is that brazen?) and talented artist-people to concoct a new and intriguing five-minute piece (from prose to poem to performance, or a tantalizing mixture to each’s taste) using humor and a central theme.

No cover! Bands start at 9, and perform in this order: McMercy Family Band Southpaw Jones Crazy and The Brains (NJ) http://www.myspace.com/crazyandthebrains Brook Pridemore (NYC) http://www.myspace.com/brookpridemore Leo Rondeau

FREE Music and Literature: 6:00 Music by Southpaw Jones 6:30 Reading by Amelia Gray 6:45 Reading by Bill Cotter 7:00 Music by Jennifer Ellen Cook 7:45 Reading by P. Tyson Midkiff 8:00 Music by Alina Simone 8:45 Reading by Stephen Elliott 9:00 Music by The Shake 9:45 Reading by James Hannaham *Times are subject to change.

From 20×2.org: This March, 20×2 is amped to present what we forsee to be our most highly anticipated event ever, 20×2 version 10.0, where twenty creative trendsetters will take two minutes each to answer “Who Loves Ya Baby?” before a live audience.

We’d like to thank our friends with Ask.com for sponsoring this year’s event, and we look forward to seeing you at The Ghost Room here in Austin from 7-9:30 pm on Monday, March 15th, during SXSW Interactive. Where we’ll no doubt emerge inspired all over again! Scheduled to appear:

43rd Street a half-block east of Guadalupe. Evening parking is available at Kenneth’s Hair Salon, just south of the theater, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B.

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The Dick Monologues is a show about everything dick related from the noun definition to the action verb. Conceived and birthed by Spike Gillespie in July 2007 as a one night revenge-as-art performance, the show was so well received that the dick has continued to grow, with monthly performances including Austin’s top writers, performers and singer-songwriters. Find out more at dickmonologues.com. For tickets, email spike@spikeg.com.

43rd Street a half-block east of Guadalupe. Evening parking is available at Kenneth’s Hair Salon, just south of the theater, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B.

Other Info

The Dick Monologues is a show about everything dick related from the noun definition to the action verb. Conceived and birthed by Spike Gillespie in July 2007 as a one night revenge-as-art performance, the show was so well received that the dick has continued to grow, with monthly performances including Austin’s top writers, performers and singer-songwriters. Find out more at dickmonologues.com. For tickets, email spike@spikeg.com.

43rd Street a half-block east of Guadalupe. Evening parking is available at Kenneth’s Hair Salon, just south of the theater, and at the Hyde Park Church of Christ on the northeast corner of 43rd & Avenue B.

Other Info

The Dick Monologues is a show about everything dick related from the noun definition to the action verb. Conceived and birthed by Spike Gillespie in July 2007 as a one night revenge-as-art performance, the show was so well received that the dick has continued to grow, with monthly performances including Austin’s top writers, performers and singer-songwriters. Find out more at dickmonologues.com. For tickets, email spike@spikeg.com.

[Southpaw performs at the end of this event, around 8:45 pm.] Dalton author and humorist Owen Egerton (How Best to Avoid Dying) will emcee the evening featuring six writers reading both newly published and yet to be published works. The musical stylings of alt-country band Jenny and the Corn Ponies will kick off the evening, and Southpaw Jones, whose music is at once hilarious and heartbreaking, will bring the festivities to a close. From Dalton Publishing, Ric Williams shares tales from his forthcoming novel Woman in the Tower, and stuntman Gary Kent entertains with his insider’s view on revolutionary Hollywood, reading from the much-anticipated Shadows & Light. Smith Henderson and Amelia Gray, two writers featured in the Spring 2009 issue of American Short Fiction, offer a taste of delectable, unconventional short fiction. And, breathing poetic air into the evening, Josh Morison and Elyse Fenton of Bat City Review deliver lyrical and contemplative poetry.

Each week, a new cast of award-winning performers, sketch comedy writers, theater managers, festival producers, and touring improvisers come together to twist the stories of a local celebrity guest into completely improvised scenes. Sponsored by The Onion.

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Each week, a new cast of award-winning performers, sketch comedy writers, theater managers, festival producers, and touring improvisers come together to twist the stories of a local celebrity guest into completely improvised scenes. Sponsored by The Onion.